NRHP Reference # 78002592 Area 4,000 m² | Built 1841 Opened 1841 Added to NRHP 5 October 1978 | |
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Architectural style Vernacular Greek Revival Address Greeneville, TN 37745, USA Similar Cumberla Presbyter Church, St James Episcopal Church, First Christian Church, Central Baptist Church, Trinity United Methodist |
New Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church is a historic church building near Greeneville in rural Greene County, Tennessee, United States.
The New Bethel congregation formed in 1839 after 38 citizens of Greene County successfully petitioned the Knoxville Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church for the organization of a new congregation. The church building was constructed in 1841 on a 4-acre (1.6 ha) tract donated by John Harmon. Funds for its construction were donated by James Carter, a local resident who had aspired to join the ministry, but died before he could realize his dream.
The building is of wood frame construction with rural Vernacular Greek Revival styling that stresses simplicity. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.